Awareness-Raising Among Refugee and Migrant Women on How to Access Justice Services
This report offers lessons learned and best practices ton awareness-raising among refugee and migrant women on how to access justice services. More
- Ending violence against women and girls (67)
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (49)
- Economic empowerment (23)
- Peace and security (23)
- Gender-responsive budgeting (16)
- Gender discrimination (12)
- Leadership and political participation (12)
- Human rights (11)
- Employment (11)
- Rural women (10)
- Women’s rights (10)
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Sunday, December 8, 2019
This study investigates the need for new regulations on permanent alimony, the obstacles to the implementation of permanent alimony, and the issue of violence against women in cases with alimony claims. The report is based on the examination of 140 alimony and divorce case files in 11 provinces in Turkey. Discussions on alimony, legislation and doctrine as well as research and data related to those topics were also included in the report to provide a holistic analysis.
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Research on availability of services on protection from domestic violence (police, center for social work, court and prosecutor's office, health care institutions) to marginalized groups of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina (women with disabilities, Roma women, women returnees and IDPs, rural women and elderly women).
Mapping of Sexual Violence Services in the Western Balkans and Turkey
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
The Istanbul Convention calls for adequate and accessible support services for victims of sexual violence. In the Western Balkans and Turkey, these services are often missing, and where they do exist, they tend to be poorly implemented. This mapping report identifies the existing services in the region, examines their implementation, and highlights the gaps in service provision.
Friday, November 29, 2019
This report examines the impact of NGO networking on advocacy efforts to promote the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) in the Western Balkans and Turkey.
Women’s Empowerment Principles in Georgia: Promising Practices 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
In 2010, UN Women and the UN Global Compact joined forces to help companies worldwide to promote gender equality in the workforce and society. Consequently, the Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business (WEPs) came into being.
Invisible Battalion 2.0: Women Veterans Returning to Peaceful Life
Thursday, November 21, 2019
‘Invisible Battalion 2.0’: Women Veterans Returning to Peaceful Life” is a participatory and evidence-based study that summarizes the legal and normative frameworks guaranteeing women veterans’ peaceful reintegration into civil life in Ukraine. It illustrates how women veterans are using the services offered by the Government of Ukraine to enable their reintegration, and the challenges thereof, and proposes a roadmap to strengthen women veterans’ access to services for quality post-military lives, and how they can be better served based on these insights.
Women in Arts: 25 stories of women artists in Ukraine
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
This brochure is a collection of interviews and short biographies of the 25 nominees of the Women in Arts 2019 Award. Among them are outstanding female painters, sculptors, composers, performers, film directors, actresses, screenwriters, writers, poets, curators of cultural projects and art managers who share their experiences as women working in the arts.
Friday, October 18, 2019
The Regional Report examines the violence and discrimination faced by Roma women in the areas of health care, child marriage, and institutional protection and support in cases of domestic violence. Based on survey findings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, this violence and discrimination is analyzed in the context of states' obligations to comply with anti-discrimination frameworks, such as national legislation, CEDAW, and the Istanbul Convention.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 (NAP 1325) can serve as important tools for governments, multilateral organizations and civil society organizations to support the translation of UNSCR 1325 into practical action and to strengthen women’s roles in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and security processes.
Funding intersectional violence against women and girls (VAWG) services
Friday, October 4, 2019
This policy brief highlights the value that ‘by and for’ organizations bring to the fight to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) and examines how the current funding landscape jeopardizes the existence and autonomy of these organizations.
Data collection ‘by and for’ minoritized women
Friday, October 4, 2019
This policy brief examines the lack of data on violence against minoritized women and highlights the importance of utilizing an intersectional approach to data collection and engaging ‘by and for’ in the data collection process.
The value of intersectionality in understanding violence against women and girls
Friday, October 4, 2019
This policy brief explores the concept of intersectionality as a tool to analyze and understand the intersection of gender with other inequalities/oppressions (e.g., sexuality, gender identity, ethnicity, indigeneity, immigration status, disability) in the context of violence against women and girls (VAWG).
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
This Gender analysis report examines the relationships between women and men and their access to and control of resources and the constraints they face relative to each other. The main goal is to ensure that gender-based injustices and inequalities are not exacerbated by interventions, and that where is possible, greater equality and justice in gender relations are promoted.
Brochure on UN Women's work in Turkey
Friday, August 23, 2019
This brochure provides information about UN Women Turkey's work on gender equality. UN Women's priority areas are humanitarian action, leadership and political participation and ending violence against women in Turkey. The brochure gives insights on programmes, projects, partnerships, and gender statistics in Turkey.
Guidelines for Gender and Conflict-sensitive Reporting
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Guidelines for Gender and Conflict-sensitive reporting provide a practical guide for the media to present an accurate portrait of men and women, the world and its possibilities, as well as integrating a gender lens into conflict reporting that involves respecting the key standards of journalistic professionalism which impartially presents verified information in a fair and balanced context, gives voice to marginalised actors, and shuns gender stereotypes.
Advancing Gender Equality in Europe and Central Asia: UN Women Achievements in 2018
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
This document gives a brief of UN Women's achievements in Europe and Central Asia in 2018 on ending violence against women and girls, engaging women in peace and security, promoting women's economic empowerment and security, encouraging women's leadership and political participation and gender responsive budgeting.
Flyer on discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, July 8, 2019
Flyer on discrimination, Bosnian and Romani language
Guide to social and health protection rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, July 8, 2019
Guide to social and health protection rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UN Women Europe and Central Asia Quarterly Newsletter
Friday, July 5, 2019
UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECA RO) shares a quarterly newsletter to highlight news, stories and upcoming events from the region. The newsletter focuses on our priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can accelerate progress across the board. In addition to the highlights from the previous quarter, recent campaigns and advocacy work, UN Women ECA RO newsletters cover thematic areas of empowering women in the economy, leadership and political...